Friday, 1 May 2015
Kitchen garden....
...is taking shape and green shoots are appearing! It will be lovely to serve fresh produce from our own garden thanks to the hard work by our gardeners, Pauline and co!
AWARD SUCCESS
the finals of The Great British Care Awards were held in Birmingham on friday 24th april and we are delighted to report that The Nutrition and Hydration Award was won by.......
Amanda Hodge – Mount Ephraim House!
Amanda’s innovative approach to hydration is based on her aim to improve resident’s well-being, together with her passion to provide the very best meal time experience is why the judges chose this winner....
www.care-awards.co.uk
Karen announced the win in the dining room (where else) yesterday and cracked open several bottles of sparkly!
Thursday, 30 April 2015
April ends ....
But what a beautiful month - from celebrating Easter, St George's day, Doreen, Audrey and Gordon's birthdays to raising money at the spring fayre, starting the veg garden, first days out on the patio by residents, a new home for the guinea pigs and starting 'film nights' and zumba gold again ...
the only sad occasion was losing dear Helen d who passed away peacefully in her sleep. She will sorely missed for her lovely sense of humour, bright clever mind and inward calm; May she rest in peace.
Tuesday, 28 April 2015
New run...
All I need to do now is persuade the residents to have a go at cleaning out the hutch!!
Friday, 24 April 2015
Tuesday, 21 April 2015
Another gorgeous day...
Blue sky and sunshine brought out quite a few today... Marian and Peggy and Joan this morning for coffee and after lunch, Peggy, Anne, Arthur and David lapped up the last of the rays. Arthur planted some sunflower seeds in the pots made ready by volunteer Roy while Mary, patty, Marie etc helped make some decorations for st George's day on Thursday...and Eileen did her puzzle in the art studio!
Volunteer jenny made some gorgeous homemade carrot cake that was served for afternoon tea and she also brought in TONS of beautiful cushions she had made for MEH while on HOLIDAY!!
Anyway, a lovely day for everyone...
Saturday, 11 April 2015
Friday, 10 April 2015
Friday, 3 April 2015
The long Good Friday
Pam came to visit with Thomas, knit and natter with christina, lots of families arriving with chocolate and flowers, Easter hats, fish n chips, Derek on piano, for a sing a long, Easter bingo and Quiz with Christiane, the pool table set up in the lounge, patty did a poster, Peggy enjoyed Easter decorations with katerina...
Wednesday, 1 April 2015
Saying goodbye to Iris....march 2015
This was one of the last photos I took of iris, on her birthday in January. Sadly she passed away in February and her memorial service was held in march at bidborough church. Iris was a very special lady, kind and gentle and always so pleased to see visitors, whether family friends or members of staff... She is missed every day
Saturday, 28 March 2015
End of another week...
Phyl received some flowers, Christina is getting on well with her knitting (the residents of the knitting circle did a good job teaching her!) we have started a new on-line vintage business to raise money for activities ... And we are decorating the place for Easter...
Tuesday, 24 March 2015
Boys club...
The foyer area has become a favourite gathering place for some of our gentlemen residents - they like to see what's going on throughout the day!
A game of dominoes brought Arthur, chick and David together today and I think they enjoyed it!
Friday, 20 March 2015
Thanking our volunteers ...
Our annual volunteer thankyou lunch was held today at #themountedgcumbe and attended by nearly all of our lovely volunteers - sadly, Rachel and tim, Carolyn and some of our students were unable to make it, but it was a good turnout and we were very grateful they made time to come along. A buffet lunch was provided by the hotel and in her speech, Karen thanked everyone for the joy they brought to our residents.
We are lucky to have such support - from taking residents to church, personal shopping, art and craft, bingo, scrabble, and poetry groups to the weekly PAT dog visit, printing of our newsletter, knit and natter, weekly quiz, helping on trips out and dropping in the church newsletter - there is a wealth of variety which the residents so enjoy.
Tuesday, 17 March 2015
Happy st patricks day
Heather from music for health provided the music, Amanda produced some delicious cakes and we celebrated st patricks day in style, finishing with a rendition of 'Danny boy' which the residents joined in with...
It's also nutrition and hydration week' and chick agreed to wear the sash to promote our tea party!!
Monday, 16 March 2015
A Monday soirée
We were very privileged to be entertained today by Ellen who plays a magnificent harp. Afternoon tea was served in the vintage china and we found the posh biscuits! Even the cats enjoyed it...
As Stuart was visiting from head office 
it seemed appropriate that Ellen's first piece of music was 'greensleeves'
She finished by playing a happy birthday tribute to David who celebrates his special day on Thursday.
We had a packed lounge today and a very appreciative audience, who would love to hear Ellen play for them again.
Mothering Sunday
Although we probably think of our mums every day, today is Mothering Sunday when we 'officially' say thankyou to them all for bringing us into the world !
Thursday, 12 March 2015
First day this year....
.....for Peggy to sit out on the patio to do her colouring ... Gorgeous day and she was determined to make the most if it!
Eileen ventured into the art studio to continue her jigsaw puzzle after the big quiz in the lounge courtesy of volunteer Nadia. It was hairdressing day in the salon too with charity and a bit of art therapy in the games room!
And the winner is .....
Arthur! He beat chick and David to win the Thursday shove ha'penny contest !
Saturday, 7 March 2015
Friday 6th march
Christina's knitting skills are coming on well too! During coffee Pam arrived with Thomas the 'pat' dog and began his tour of the home visiting all his favourite people!
This afternoon Derek came to play piano in the lounge, Christiane held the weekly bingo session and katerina made a cake with Anne and Joan, using the eggs she had 'blown' from their shells! While the cake was in the oven, katerina helped Anne to paint the shells ready for Easter decoration finishing touches next week.
Jean, Margaret, Gloria and Eileen w helped with some flower arranging; we were given several lovely bunches of spring flowers from Vera, who stayed with us last week, as a thank you, 
and I think the ladies enjoyed the task !
Friday, 6 March 2015
Beautiful spring flowers
Glorious day today; took Eileen for a quick visit to sainsburys while Peggy was shopping in Tonbridge with Denise.
After parking the van we stopped to admire the pretty spring flowers growing around the summer house. Eileen remembers this was one of the first sights that greeted her as she came to live at meh 2 years ago this week!
Tuesday, 3 March 2015
Sunday, 1 March 2015
February - coming and going
February came and went in a flash....shrove Tuesday, valentines day, Chinese New Year ( any excuse for a celebration) signs of spring in the garden, making preparations for Easter....
We were so sad to lose Iris and Marjorie who have been a part of MEH for so long and we will miss them very much.
Bridget came to live with us earlier in the month and we are looking forward to getting to know her.
Last week the tun wells half marathon took place; one of the runners was David storer (grandson of the late Mary p) who dedicated his run to her memory and has raised money for activities at meh for which we are very grateful.
St David's day...
1st march we celebrate at David's day - even more so this year as we have a new resident come to live with us who is welsh - hope she feels at home and will enjoy being part of life at MEH.
Tuesday art and craft
With jenny and Roy... Starting on the Easter decorations already, how time flies
busy in the craft room, homemade lemon cake with tea and a gorgeous blanket made by jenny as a gift for Gordon ...
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